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-]>
-
-<refentry>
- <refentryinfo>
- <address>
- &manemail;
- </address>
- <author>
- &manfirstname;
- &mansurname;
- </author>
- <copyright>
- <year>2002-2005, 2011-2013</year>
- <holder>&manusername;</holder>
- </copyright>
- &mandate;
- </refentryinfo>
- <refmeta>
- &manucpackage;
-
- &mansection;
- </refmeta>
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>&manpackage;</refname>
-
- <refpurpose>
- program to list, add, remove, or edit metadata in one or more FLAC files.
- </refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>&manpackage;</command>
-
- <group choice="opt"><arg><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg></group>
- <group choice="opt">
- <arg><replaceable>operations</replaceable></arg></group>
- <arg rep="repeat" choice="req"><replaceable>FLACfile</replaceable></arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsect1>
- <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
-
- <para>Use <command>&manpackage;</command> to list, add, remove, or edit
- metadata in one or more FLAC files. You may perform one major operation,
- or many shorthand operations at a time.</para>
-
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>OPTIONS</title>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--preserve-modtime</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Preserve the original modification time in spite of edits.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--with-filename</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Prefix each output line with the FLAC file name (the default if
- more than one FLAC file is specified).
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--no-filename</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Do not prefix each output line with the FLAC file name (the default
- if only one FLAC file is specified).
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--no-utf8-convert</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Do not convert tags from UTF-8 to local charset, or vice versa. This is
- useful for scripts, and setting tags in situations where the locale is wrong.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--dont-use-padding</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- By default metaflac tries to use padding where possible to avoid
- rewriting the entire file if the metadata size changes. Use this
- option to tell metaflac to not take advantage of padding this way.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>SHORTHAND OPERATIONS</title>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-md5sum</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show the MD5 signature from the STREAMINFO block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-min-blocksize</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show the minimum block size from the STREAMINFO block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-max-blocksize</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show the maximum block size from the STREAMINFO block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-min-framesize</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show the minimum frame size from the STREAMINFO block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-max-framesize</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show the maximum frame size from the STREAMINFO block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-sample-rate</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show the sample rate from the STREAMINFO block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-channels</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show the number of channels from the STREAMINFO block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-bps</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show the # of bits per sample from the STREAMINFO block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-total-samples</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show the total # of samples from the STREAMINFO block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-vendor-tag</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show the vendor string from the VORBIS_COMMENT block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--show-tag=name</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Show all tags where the field name matches 'name'.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--remove-tag=name</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Remove all tags whose field name is 'name'.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--remove-first-tag=name</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Remove first tag whose field name is 'name'.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--remove-all-tags</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Remove all tags, leaving only the vendor string.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--set-tag=field</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add a tag. The field must comply with the
- Vorbis comment spec, of the form "NAME=VALUE". If there is
- currently no tag block, one will be created.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--set-tag-from-file=field</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Like --set-tag, except the VALUE is a filename whose
- contents will be read verbatim to set the tag value.
- Unless --no-utf8-convert is specified, the contents will be
- converted to UTF-8 from the local charset. This can be used
- to store a cuesheet in a tag (e.g.
- --set-tag-from-file="CUESHEET=image.cue"). Do not try to
- store binary data in tag fields! Use APPLICATION blocks for
- that.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--import-tags-from=file</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Import tags from a file. Use '-' for stdin. Each
- line should be of the form NAME=VALUE. Multi-line comments
- are currently not supported. Specify --remove-all-tags and/or
- --no-utf8-convert before --import-tags-from if necessary. If
- FILE is '-' (stdin), only one FLAC file may be specified.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--export-tags-to=file</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Export tags to a file. Use '-' for stdout. Each
- line will be of the form NAME=VALUE. Specify
- --no-utf8-convert if necessary.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--import-cuesheet-from=file</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Import a cuesheet from a file. Use '-' for stdin. Only one
- FLAC file may be specified. A seekpoint will be added for each
- index point in the cuesheet to the SEEKTABLE unless
- --no-cued-seekpoints is specified.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--export-cuesheet-to=file</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Export CUESHEET block to a cuesheet file, suitable for use by
- CD authoring software. Use '-' for stdout. Only one FLAC file
- may be specified on the command line.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--import-picture-from</option>={<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable>|<replaceable>SPECIFICATION</replaceable>}</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Import a picture and store it in a PICTURE metadata block. More than one --import-picture-from command can be specified. Either a filename for the picture file or a more complete specification form can be used. The SPECIFICATION is a string whose parts are separated by | (pipe) characters. Some parts may be left empty to invoke default values. FILENAME is just shorthand for "||||FILENAME". The format of SPECIFICATION is</para>
- <para>[TYPE]|[MIME-TYPE]|[DESCRIPTION]|[WIDTHxHEIGHTxDEPTH[/COLORS]]|FILE</para>
- <para>TYPE is optional; it is a number from one of:</para>
- <para>0: Other</para>
- <para>1: 32x32 pixels 'file icon' (PNG only)</para>
- <para>2: Other file icon</para>
- <para>3: Cover (front)</para>
- <para>4: Cover (back)</para>
- <para>5: Leaflet page</para>
- <para>6: Media (e.g. label side of CD)</para>
- <para>7: Lead artist/lead performer/soloist</para>
- <para>8: Artist/performer</para>
- <para>9: Conductor</para>
- <para>10: Band/Orchestra</para>
- <para>11: Composer</para>
- <para>12: Lyricist/text writer</para>
- <para>13: Recording Location</para>
- <para>14: During recording</para>
- <para>15: During performance</para>
- <para>16: Movie/video screen capture</para>
- <para>17: A bright coloured fish</para>
- <para>18: Illustration</para>
- <para>19: Band/artist logotype</para>
- <para>20: Publisher/Studio logotype</para>
- <para>The default is 3 (front cover). There may only be one picture each of type 1 and 2 in a file.</para>
-
- <para>MIME-TYPE is optional; if left blank, it will be detected from the file. For best compatibility with players, use pictures with MIME type image/jpeg or image/png. The MIME type can also be --&gt; to mean that FILE is actually a URL to an image, though this use is discouraged.</para>
-
- <para>DESCRIPTION is optional; the default is an empty string.</para>
-
- <para>The next part specifies the resolution and color information. If the MIME-TYPE is image/jpeg, image/png, or image/gif, you can usually leave this empty and they can be detected from the file. Otherwise, you must specify the width in pixels, height in pixels, and color depth in bits-per-pixel. If the image has indexed colors you should also specify the number of colors used. When manually specified, it is not checked against the file for accuracy.</para>
-
- <para>FILE is the path to the picture file to be imported, or the URL if MIME type is --&gt;</para>
-
- <para>For example, "|image/jpeg|||../cover.jpg" will embed the JPEG file at ../cover.jpg, defaulting to type 3 (front cover) and an empty description. The resolution and color info will be retrieved from the file itself.</para>
-
- <para>The specification "4|-->|CD|320x300x24/173|http://blah.blah/backcover.tiff" will embed the given URL, with type 4 (back cover), description "CD", and a manually specified resolution of 320x300, 24 bits-per-pixel, and 173 colors. The file at the URL will not be fetched; the URL itself is stored in the PICTURE metadata block.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--export-picture-to=file</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Export PICTURE block to a file. Use '-' for stdout. Only one FLAC file may be specified on the command line. The first PICTURE block will be exported unless --export-picture-to is preceded by a --block-number=# option to specify the exact metadata block to extract. Note that the block number is the one shown by --list.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--add-replay-gain</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Calculates the title and album gains/peaks of the given FLAC
- files as if all the files were part of one album, then stores
- them as FLAC tags. The tags are the same as
- those used by vorbisgain. Existing ReplayGain tags will be
- replaced. If only one FLAC file is given, the album and title
- gains will be the same. Since this operation requires two
- passes, it is always executed last, after all other operations
- have been completed and written to disk. All FLAC files
- specified must have the same resolution, sample rate, and
- number of channels. The sample rate must be one of 8, 11.025,
- 12, 16, 18.9, 22.05, 24, 28, 32, 37.8, 44.1, 48, 56, 64, 88.2,
- 96, 112, 128, 144, 176.4, or 192kHz.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--scan-replay-gain</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
-
- Like --add-replay-gain, but only analyzes the files rather
- than writing them to the tags.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--remove-replay-gain</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Removes the ReplayGain tags.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--add-seekpoint</option>={<replaceable>#</replaceable>|<replaceable>X</replaceable>|<replaceable>#x</replaceable>|<replaceable>#s</replaceable>}</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add seek points to a SEEKTABLE block. Using #, a seek point at
- that sample number is added. Using X, a placeholder point is
- added at the end of a the table. Using #x, # evenly spaced seek
- points will be added, the first being at sample 0. Using #s, a
- seekpoint will be added every # seconds (# does not have to be a
- whole number; it can be, for example, 9.5, meaning a seekpoint
- every 9.5 seconds). If no SEEKTABLE block exists, one will be
- created. If one already exists, points will be added to the
- existing table, and any duplicates will be turned into placeholder
- points. You may use many --add-seekpoint options; the resulting
- SEEKTABLE will be the unique-ified union of all such values.
- Example: --add-seekpoint=100x --add-seekpoint=3.5s will add 100
- evenly spaced seekpoints and a seekpoint every 3.5 seconds.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--add-padding=length</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add a padding block of the given length (in bytes). The overall
- length of the new block will be 4 + length; the extra 4 bytes is
- for the metadata block header.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>MAJOR OPERATIONS</title>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--list</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- List the contents of one or more metadata blocks to stdout. By
- default, all metadata blocks are listed in text format. Use the
- following options to change this behavior:
- </para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--block-number=#[,#[...]]</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- An optional comma-separated list of block numbers to display.
- The first block, the STREAMINFO block, is block 0.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--block-type=type[,type[...]]</option></term>
- <listitem><para></para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--except-block-type=type[,type[...]]</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- An optional comma-separated list of block types to be included
- or ignored with this option. Use only one of --block-type or
- --except-block-type. The valid block types are: STREAMINFO,
- PADDING, APPLICATION, SEEKTABLE, VORBIS_COMMENT, PICTURE. You
- may narrow down the types of APPLICATION blocks displayed as
- follows:
- </para>
- <para>
- APPLICATION:abcd The APPLICATION block(s) whose textual repre-
- sentation of the 4-byte ID is "abcd"
- APPLICATION:0xXXXXXXXX The APPLICATION block(s) whose hexadecimal big-
- endian representation of the 4-byte ID is
- "0xXXXXXXXX". For the example "abcd" above the
- hexadecimal equivalalent is 0x61626364
- </para>
- <note>
- <para>
- if both --block-number and --[except-]block-type are
- specified, the result is the logical AND of both
- arguments.</para></note>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--application-data-format=hexdump|text</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- If the application block you are displaying contains binary
- data but your --data-format=text, you can display a hex dump
- of the application data contents instead using
- --application-data-format=hexdump.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--remove</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Remove one or more metadata blocks from the metadata. Unless
- --dont-use-padding is specified, the blocks will be replaced with
- padding. You may not remove the STREAMINFO block.
- </para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--block-number=#[,#[...]]</option></term>
- <listitem><para></para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--block-type=type[,type[...]]</option></term>
- <listitem><para></para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--except-block-type=type[,type[...]]</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>See --list above for usage.</para>
- <note>
- <para>
- if both --block-number and --[except-]block-type are
- specified, the result is the logical AND of both arguments.
- </para></note>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--remove-all</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Remove all metadata blocks (except the STREAMINFO block) from the
- metadata. Unless --dont-use-padding is specified, the blocks will
- be replaced with padding.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--merge-padding</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Merge adjacent PADDING blocks into single blocks.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--sort-padding</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Move all PADDING blocks to the end of the metadata and merge them
- into a single block.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>SEE ALSO</title>
-
- <para>flac(1).</para>
- </refsect1>
-</refentry>
-
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